Drivers are not normally part of a DAW program. Drivers for recording interface units, control surfaces, etc are the responsibility of the device vendor. Some have made them "plug and play" in Windows and others require drivers from the vendors.

I had a Roland Octa-Capture, recording interface unit. With Win 7/8/8.1 6ms was the best (reliable) recording latency I could use. With Win 10 I could go down to 4.1ms. Others have reported better latency in Win 10. According to a post on the gearslutz forum Microsoft did a lot of work in this area for Win 10.

I am running Pro Tools 11 as well as Pro Tools 10 without any issues whatsover. When the free upgrade came out, I decided to give it a try knowing I could go back to Windows 7 if I had to. I was stunned at how well both versions worked. I have not had a problem since either._________________Mark T

Drivers are not normally part of a DAW program. Drivers for recording interface units, control surfaces, etc are the responsibility of the device vendor. Some have made them "plug and play" in Windows and others require drivers from the vendors.

I had a Roland Octa-Capture, recording interface unit. With Win 7/8/8.1 6ms was the best (reliable) recording latency I could use. With Win 10 I could go down to 4.1ms. Others have reported better latency in Win 10. According to a post on the gearslutz forum Microsoft did a lot of work in this area for Win 10.

Funny thing, I loaded an MAudio WIN XP driver for an interface into WIN 7, the only thing that didn't come with the load was the control panel program that allowed messing with the interface options outside of the DAW. Under PT's and WIN 7 it runs just fine. PT 12 sees and recognizes all of the INS and OUTS and thats really the only important thing.

Crazy stuff...

What Jack says is correct, WIN 10 may or may not like some of the "VENDOR" drivers . It appears many companies that offer interfaces or upgrades to previous interfaces may very well use the previous drivers. It's something we learn in the "moment" !

I don't see me changing the MAudio interface anytime soon or if at all. I have zero issues with latency._________________<b>Steel Guitar music here >>> http://www.tprior.com/five.htm</b>

Emmons Steels, Fender Telecasters
Pro Tools 8 and Pro Tools 12

Godfrey Arthur

From:Philippines

Posted 21 Jan 2017 11:24 pm

Tony Prior wrote:

KEEP AUTO UPDATES OFF ! Don't let Windows control you life !

Me , I'm old school, very old school,

Haha Tony, well put. I'm not even sure that keeping updates off even works. 10 will find a way to trick or goad you into upgrading taking over your pc and deleting files and drivers. Even on my Lenovo Thinkpad which has 7 Pro, the update pop up... er.... keeps popping up even if updates are off.

Yes, old school here myself... older than your 12 there guy.. And I never allowed my DAW/Mac to see the internet..